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Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, the commanding general at Fort Hood, confirms the names the three soldiers killed in a mass shooting at the post on April 2, 2014. (Published Friday, Apr 4, 2014)

Updated at 3:56 AM PDT on Monday, Apr 7, 2014

Military officials have identified the three soldiers killed in a mass shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday as SFC Daniel Michael Ferguson, of Mulberry, Fla., SSG Carlos Alberto Lazaney Rodriguez, of Aquadilla, Puerto Rico, and Sgt. Timothy Owens, of Effingham, Ill.

"We have completed the next of kin notification on the three fallen soldiers, and I can now confirm publicly their identities," Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, the commanding general at Fort Hood, said during a briefing Friday.

Army CID on Mass Shooting Investigation

Chris Grey, the spokesperson for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, highlights the investigation into a mass shooting that took place at Fort Hood on April 2, 2014. (Published Monday, Apr 7, 2014)

Ferguson was a transportation supervisor who had been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. Lazaney Rodriguez was a unit supply sergeant who had served in Kuwait and Iraq. Owens was a heavy vehicle driver who had also been deployed in Iraq and Kuwait.

Army officials say Spc. Ivan Lopez opened fire at the post following an argument killing three and wounding 16 others. Since the shooting, the soldier's mental health has been under scrutiny. On Friday, his family released a statement from their native Puerto Rico saying "he must not have been in his right mind."

Milley said Friday that the shooter's mental health was not a "direct precipitating factor" in the shooting.

Of the survivors, Milley said 10 of the 16 injured in the shooting have been released and returned to duty. Of the six that remain hospitalized, three are in Temple and three are at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood. Those in Temple are in fair condition and are expected to remain hospitalized for several more days.